Eating Forbidden Food to Save a Life
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Question
In a situation where a person is at risk of being killed if it is discovered that he is Jewish, is he allowed to eat non-kosher food to conceal his Jewish identity? (For example, a person on an IDF mission in Judea and Samaria disguised as an Arab)
Answer
Hello,
It is permitted to transgress most prohibitions for the sake of saving a life, except for three severe prohibitions that are not overridden even for saving a life.
As our Sages said: 'Nothing stands before saving a life, except idolatry, sexual immorality, and murder'.
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